Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

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  PUTT paper falls short on substance

  By Mark Merritt  |  March 12, 2013

  The drugstore lobby group “Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency” released a paper not too long ago entitled, “Contract Negotiating Tool.” PUTT admits it created the paper to “place stories in major news outlets” and recruit “annual membership” donors to its campaign against PBMs.

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  New coupons aim to keep people off generic drugs

  By Linda A. Johnson, AP Business Writer  |  August 20, 2012

  If brand-name prescription medicines cost you as little as generic pills, which would you choose? A few drugmakers are betting Americans will stick with the name they know.

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  PBM ad campaign misleads consumers

  By Dave Marley  |  May 21, 2012

  The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association just launched an advertising campaign that would make Mad Men’s Don Draper and other spin doctors proud. It’s an age-old strategy: if you can’t win the fight, dodge the question and change the subject.

• PBMs launch new ad campaign amid controversy

  By Jenny Ivy  |  January 17, 2012

  In the thick of a much-publicized contract dispute and controversial merger, The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association announced Tuesday it has launched a new ad campaign to highlight the value of pharmacy benefit managers.

• PBM industry 2Q lobbying expenses total $525K

  By Heather Trese  |  August 30, 2011

  A group that represents pharmacy benefits managers spent close to $525,000 in the second quarter lobbying the federal government on a variety of issues.

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  FTC: NY pharmacy bill has harmful consequences

  By Heather Trese  |  August 9, 2011

  The Federal Trade Commission warns a New York Assembly bill that regulates health plan use of mail order pharmacies would would likely raise prescription prices and reduce access to affordable drugs.

• GAO: Part D expands access to drugs

  By Heather Trese  |  August 2, 2011

  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on Medicare Part D which found that nearly 90 percent of mid-year changes to the plan were formulary enhancements.

• House bill targets drug benefit managers

  By Jenny Ivy  |  January 22, 2010

  H.R. 4489, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., would give the Office of Personnel Management greater oversight of pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).